Day 363

Good afternoon! My name is Lauren and I'm a grateful, recovering alcoholic/addict.  In a couple days I will be sober for 1 year.  A few days after that I will be 34 years old.  I am actually more excited about my sobriety birthday than my "real" birthday.  Maybe it's the fact that I am getting old, but I think that it is more of the fact that I am excited to reach another milestone in my sobriety.  1 year is a long time.  When I was drinking everyday, 1 day was a big deal. The only times I would miss a day of drinking was when I was in the hospital from drinking.  It was always stomach problems, or pancreatitis.   Always something I had done to myself.  So today I celebrate not drinking.  Since I changed my whole life and my perspective, my life is easier now.  Each day is celebrated.  Each day is another gift from God, alive and sober.  It is a blessing I had always taken for granted before.  Today, I celebrate my life, full and blessed.  Have a great day!